bitbet Japan’s food replicas a hit among tourists

2024-11-20
 TOKYO, Japan At a workshop in Tokyo, a dozen or so tourists watched as green and white wax was poured into warm water. As the liquid turned into a sheet, they were then asked to slowly pull it up and roll it, gasping at its transformation into a let...

la bet88 Son of retired general nabbed with P29.9-M ‘shabu’ in Zamboanga

2024-11-20
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au777 Top drug suspect in Tacloban nabbed

2024-11-20
 INQUIRER FILES TACLOBAN CITY — Police arrested an alleged top regional illegal drug dealer and seized P14.28 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation on Monday, Nov. 18, in Barangay 62-B in this city. Jade Isanan, 38, a native of Las Pi&...

63jili Senate blue ribbon urged to probe status of PH irrigation initiatives

2024-11-20
 MANILA, Philippines The Senates powerful blue ribbon panel was once again urged to probe the status of irrigation initiatives in the country after some senators raised concerns about million-worth funding for the repair of the decrepit irrigation pr...

777rainbow Senate subpanel deletes House’s P50B lump sum hikes for NIA

2024-11-20
 MANILA, Philippines Senators have removed more than P50 billion worth of lump sum increases in the proposed funding for the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) next year. The lump sums were contained in the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB...

dream club Jinggoy Estrada raises concern over San Juan City’s ‘flying voters’

2024-11-20
 MANILA, Philippines — Alleged flying voters in San Juan City took the center stage of the Senate’s deliberations on the proposed funding of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) held Monday. Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada c...

lucky pot Senator flags ‘illegal shipping’ of black sand from Zambales to China

2024-11-20
 MANILA, Philippines The illegal shipping of black sand from Zambales to China was flagged by Sen. Raffy Tulfo, alleging that erring individuals extract minerals from it and dump excess sand on the West Philippine Sea. Early Tuesday morning during th...

jilihot Marcos urges gov’t agencies to avoid lavish Christmas parties this 2024

2024-11-20
 FILE PHOTO: Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Monday, September 23, 2024, during 2025 budget deliberations at the Senate. Bersamins said in a statement on November 19, 2024, that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. encouraged government agencies to a...

jiliko Man-yi leaves 7 dead in PH and worsens crisis from successive storms

2024-11-20
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jilihot BIR to monitor online sellers’ tax compliance during holiday season

2024-11-14
 MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will closely monitor the tax compliance of online marketplaces and online sellers during the holiday season, Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. has said. In a statement Wednesday, Lumagui...